by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith is definitely on a mission these days, barnstorming the country not only to promote his latest book, "Who Stole the American Dream?," but to help us change the focus of the Washington political debate...
by Mary Bottari | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
With Brendan FischerIn a victory for working families, New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to require businesses offer paid days to workers. Community activists and labor leaders struck a deal with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to allow a vote on...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog
The “rising American electorate” is the name given to the core of the Obama electoral majority of the young, single women, and minorities. Democratic pundits suggest that this coalition essentially dooms Republican presidential prospects for the foreseeable future. ...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog
How much sicker does the patient have to get before the doctors stop prescribing poison? Here are some selected news stories out of Europe: New York Times: "Unemployment in Euro Zone Reaches a Record High" WSJ: "Sixth Quarter of Contraction Looms for Euro Zone" Der...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog
Have our trade policies helped or hurt the country? You can look down at equations and models, or you can look up and see what is happening around you. Equations and models will tell you that "free trade" is a good thing. But if you look up and see what is happening...
by Bill Scher | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog
The Republican Party's official "autopsy" begins, "The GOP today is a tale of two parties. One of them, the gubernatorial wing, is growing and successful. The other, the federal wing, is increasingly marginalizing itself..." But the party may need to a fresh autopsy...
